This man proposed a theoretical framework called "principles and parameters," and he reduced transformations to the operation "move alpha" before reducing them further to "internal Merge." He criticized behaviorist views of language in a review of B.F. Skinner's work Verbal Behavior. He discussed the concept of generative grammar in Syntactic Structures, and discussed the "language acquisition device" he theorized to be innate in children. For 10 points--name this linguist who works at MIT.
This man proposed a theoretical framework called "principles and parameters," and he reduced transformations to the operation "move alpha" before reducing them further to "internal Merge." He criticized behaviorist views of language in a review of B.F. Skinner's work Verbal Behavior. He discussed the concept of generative grammar in Syntactic Structures, and discussed the "language acquisition device" he theorized to be innate in children. For 10 points--name this linguist who works at MIT.
This man proposed a theoretical framework called "principles and parameters," and he reduced transformations to the operation "move alpha" before reducing them further to "internal Merge."
Avram Noam {Chomsky}